Nolan's not dancing to the right Toon

Salford Trotter · Post by **Salford Trotter** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:55 am

http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tn ... 2126486020

Isn't this a familiar thread. Former Capt Kev is being found to be wanting by the Toon faithful. Such a prime example how a career can turn soft and smelly so quickly..i just hope he has a get out clause in his contract because he deserves better than Championship football

H. Pedersen · Post by **H. Pedersen** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:16 am

All sounds very familiar, indeed.

Sometimes I wish I could go back in time and see if Nolan was always as limited as he is now, but he scored a lot of goals to cover it up.

H. Pedersen · Post by **H. Pedersen** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:21 am

Incidentally, I think Nolan's greatest contribution for Newcastle will end up being that missed penalty at St. James Park.

FaninOz · Post by **FaninOz** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:44 am

Just to be consistent I have always believed that Nolan wasn't good enough for the Premiership and certainly never good enough for England.

He has always been as slow as a cart horse, and had very poor feet which means that he can't control the ball, run with it under control, beat a man or pass it accurately to one of his one players with any consistency. He has at various times demonstrated that on the odd occasion that he could do those things but it was so rare and getting rarer that he had become a liability in any Premiership team. As Newcastle fans are finding out. 4m was a very very good fee to receive for someone of his lack of ability.

His one saving grace used to be that even though he was slow he could on the odd occasion get himself in the penalty box at the right time and his finishing was sharp enough to score a few goals. But in recent seasons that ability happened on fewer and fewer occasions such that his benefit to the team had become an embarassment. His obvious weight problem is also a mystery in today's high tech sports science environments that most players operate in these days.

Overall his one advantage, 10 goals a season, has now totally gone and his weight is slowing him down to an almost standstill. I like the lad but his skills and abilities are very limited and unless he can beat the flab he will never get back to his better days.

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:44 am

Agreed, made some money and the lad's been found out.

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:01 am

He is a decent & honest human being (for a footballer) and he truly wore his heart on his sleeve. But it did seem that he'd been found out and we all had accepted that his bad run had gone on for 2 or 3 years ... which makes t more about ability than form.

Never a big believer in him being actually fat, but he wasn't exactly trim either.

I did hope that a move would do him good .... though Newcastle isn't exactly reknowned for people remaking theiir careers, more for people's careers collapsing. The Toon-Army (greatest fans in the land) will turn on him & never give him a chance and it's clear that he needs to be loved. Hull by August I reckon ... or Samburn.

From our point of view, proving his doubters correct ... we've not exactly missed him, have we ? ... and if he'd begun to be seen as a disruption, which some reports suggest, then it's been positive.

One things for sure, if his major contribution had become that of leader/captain it seems that SKD has replaced him and some, PLUS he's tld the lie to the usual claim that the captaincy can reduce your form.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:07 pm

The whole Nolan to Newcastle thang can perhaps be summed up by my telling of a brief exchange at work. Our FD, a lifelong Newcastle fan, walked into our office with a smug grin on his face and said to me "Oh, sorry for signing your best player". I did, of course, put him straight, which was met with a call of "sour grapes".

seanworth · Post by **seanworth** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:13 pm

I like Nolan. He played with his heart for Bolton, on the other hand, I was not unhappy that he went to Newcastle as I don't think he was helping the team enough in the end. If he had been able to score a few goals it would have been a different matter but he just couldn't finish. This season will certainly be one of the sad moments in his career though if Newcastle go down. He is the only reason for me to not want them to go down, but even Nolan is not enough of a reason.

FD · Post by FD » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:42 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:The whole Nolan to Newcastle thang can perhaps be summed up by my telling of a brief exchange at work. Our FD, a lifelong Newcastle fan, walked into our office with a smug grin on his face and said to me "Oh, sorry for signing your best player". I did, of course, put him straight, which was met with a call of "sour grapes".

Eh?

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:56 pm

FD wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:The whole Nolan to Newcastle thang can perhaps be summed up by my telling of a brief exchange at work. Our FD, a lifelong Newcastle fan, walked into our office with a smug grin on his face and said to me "Oh, sorry for signing your best player". I did, of course, put him straight, which was met with a call of "sour grapes".

Eh?

I'd be surprised if it wasn't their Finance Director

FD · Post by FD » Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:18 pm

Nah, I'm certain it's a freudian slip, Bruce has wanted to sex me up for the longest time.

Traf · Post by **Traf** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:31 pm

Kevin Nolan is a top bloke and he gave 100% for Bolton. Unfortunately his 100% wasn't really good enough over the past couple of years.

To get the fee we got for him was a brilliant piece of business and to replace him with Mark Davies will also turn out to be a good move.

Nolan, meanwhile, got his move to a big club where he "can win things!" Maybe they'll win the Fizzy Pop league next season?

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:47 pm

Old Trafford wrote:Kevin Nolan is a top bloke and he gave 100% for Bolton. Unfortunately his 100% wasn't really good enough over the past couple of years.

To get the fee we got for him was a brilliant piece of business and to replace him with Mark Davies will also turn out to be a good move.

Nolan, meanwhile, got his move to a big club where he "can win things!" Maybe they'll win the Fizzy Pop league next season?

To be fair I don't think Nolan wanted to move anywhere, certainly not Newcastle!

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:52 pm

Surely the fact that Allardyce went straight in for Barton rather than Nolan should've told them all that they needed to know. Geordies by and large are as thick as buckets of shit.

FD · Post by FD » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:54 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:Surely the fact that Allardyce went straight in for Barton rather than Nolan should've told them all that they needed to know. Geordies by and large are as thick as buckets of shit.

SHEARER SHEARER SHEARER SHEARER!

mofgimmers · Post by **mofgimmers** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:35 pm

I can only hope he does a Frandsen and comes back here renewed at some point.

That'd do me.

Athers · Post by **Athers** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:09 pm

He's more likely to end up at Blackburn you'd think.

officer_dibble · Post by **officer_dibble** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:41 pm

Athers wrote:He's more likely to end up at Blackburn you'd think.

P'raps

Not the same player who I saw, or rather didn't see, in highlights of Saturdays game though....I don't even think he got booked!

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:59 pm

Must be really heartening to leave a club where the fans give you shxt and move to a new one where it's worse. Bit of support might make a difference. Just a thought.

FaninOz · Post by **FaninOz** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:42 am

Wasn't on the field or the bench last night, was he injured??? If not his time at Newcastle is probably numbered so will be at Blackburn with Sam next season.

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